Notices by kinoko ? (kinoko@raru.re), page 2

i need more suits

@meowski i don't want to get into details cuz it's disgusting lmao

@flowless I have an inkling that “nerdy” narcissists are more noticeable in academia because they like power games, enjoy listening to themselves speak and putting others down and so on, but there’s no structure to keep people accountable in academia. It’s unlikely that there’s a higher proportion of malicious narcissists and sociopaths in academia in comparison to other sectors, the only realistic explanation to me seems to be the difference in governance and levels of freedom people have in academia compared to so-called industry jobs. Perhaps there is no external pressure that incentivizes good treatment toward fellow colleagues and students, whereas having to be accountable to clients of your service(s) on the market incentivizes taking your workers into account, as there is no product without their labor, whereas academia operates on the principle of expandability.

I GOT HELP! i got a good doc who knows what they’re doing! she did some things that already made me feel much better, one type of pain that I had is just GONE now and the other pain has an explanation and I got new meds specifically for that!!! I hope it all works out

@Moon various professional bodies use it for private groups/forums and it seems like it’s especially popular for physicists, mathematicians, etc

@Moon thing is, i think twitter was perfect for this, so i wonder if centralized social media with a non-chronological algorithm (and possibly an option to customize and use your own algorithms) is the way to go? or federated for more user freedom, but “pooled” centrally somehow (this would require another model of federation) with the option to customize the algorithm?

@Moon blogs also need good channels of distribution. or you could always share it on hackernews and pray that it goes well

so how does one network these days in tech now that birdsite has gone to shit?

- i used to get lots of good connections and interviews and more through twitter, even potential cofounders, it was extremely good for business
- people aren’t using meetup.com to advertise their meetups and networking events as much
- fedi is great but not a lot of people use it, and non-terminally online folks will miss most of the content you post
- i had some success through small official student bodies or professional discords (my latest job interview in academia (!) came from discord!), but you need to go through a lot of people to get into these secret clubs
- other secret slack groups and so on that i’ve been a part of thanks to twitter

the question remains: how does someone new to the industry build up their presence, showcasing their work etc nowadays when the birdsite algorithm punishes you and it won’t reach the right audience; when everyone’s scattered around and, frankly, is starting to use social media way less?

we are also not compartmentalized. so we can’t expect a social media purely for professional connections (e.g linkedin) to work as intended. being “real”, showing your personality, your hobbies, is all a piece of the puzzle to finding great people to work with, to build companies with. and social events like conferences aren’t enough on their own, neither are they as accessible as being visible online.

i will never be able to explain our curd cheese and cottage cheese products to americans

@ciel @Moon use the same lifetimes for the parent and the reference to the child struct

i’m back on tumblr but it’s not as lively as it used to be

my blogs are topoibun (cozy aesthetic and study stuff) and windymoss (animal crossing)

bf started listening to jazz. almost a decade of living with me has finally borne fruit

@kaia oops I chose 300-600 years by accident, it’s actually 200-300 years

@hj what are you using freecad for?

happy september!

I’m doing numerical methods and dynamical systems this year, and also started a course on remote sensing for fun! ✨ what are you studying?

@kaia haha, I wasn’t really serious about it, but yeah. i actually found a really good therapist two years ago and she was the first person to immediately realize that I have hyperactive ADHD but she quit her job to pursue carpentry lol. it would be great to find some support for all the grief and anxiety i’m experiencing due to my health issues, but that’s really hard to find

i wish @kaia were my psychologist so i could rant about software and she’d understand

@kaia is it for pretending to work or something??

I enjoy getting PhysicsWorld magazines in a branded envelope :blobcatPuffyMelt: makes me feel like I’m a part of something tangible

and the Institute of Physics member card is super cute too

I’m going for a stomach CT scan on tuesday because they think i might also have chron’s or something 🤡

i’m really worried atm about just losing 90% of the calories that i eat atm daily, trying not to think about it and i hope it won’t last

@vriska gang